There are a lot of things to be angry about in America today. We talked HB2, social activism and why November’s election is too important to sit out. We caught up with Rollins last week while he was in South Africa on his current international speaking tour. More shows, more light, more heat, more volume - just more.”
“I want North Carolina to reap an LGBT whirlwind. Rollins went on to say that he hopes more acts will choose to come to North Carolina and draw more attention to the fight for LGBT rights here. It seems like a long way to go to please a handful of hicks, but obviously the governor was losing sleep over all those poor homophobes shaking in their boots as to who is in the stall next to them, and he took action.”
For private-sector bigots, it is now open season. It actually prevents avenues of state government from including LGBT people in previous protections. House Bill 2 is much more than just the “bathroom bill” that it’s being characterized as. In it, he concludes, “Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry - which is happening as I write - is one of them.” Springsteen’s is a well-written statement that you have probably seen by now. Boss to issue a press release that more people have read than will ever peruse House Bill 2. I can’t see him and his staff wondering out loud if their thick-skulled, cracker logic might result in Bruce Springsteen not only canceling his upcoming show in Greensboro, depriving the state of revenue and its residents of a Springsteen concert, but inspiring Mr. Patrick McCrory signed House Bill 2 into law, I wonder if he was thinking long-range about what the result might be. Mark Walker, who defended HB2 and criticized Springsteen’s boycott. Weekly column, the former Black Flag frontman took on McCrory and U.S.
Īnd he didn’t wait to hit the stage to air his views on HB2. 16 in Durham and Charlotte on October 18. Henry Rollins, the Grammy-winning author, singer, actor and activist had no intention of canceling his three spoken-word shows in North Carolina – Oct. , booked extra shows in the state and donated the money to pro-LGBT groups. Pat McCrory signed HB2 into law in March, huge music acts like Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam cancelled shows, boycotting the state to protest the discriminatory law.
0 kommentar(er)
